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Koine Greek wordlink #8487

SR GNT Mat 13:22 συμπνίγει (sumpnigei) ‘the seduction of riches is choking the message and’ Strongs=48460 Lemma=sumpnigō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Seaside_Parables_and_Miracle

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Only use of identical word form συμπνίγει (V-IPA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘συμπνίγει’ (V-IPA3··S) is always and only glossed as ‘is choking’.

Mat 13:22 ‘the seduction of riches is choking the message and’ SR GNT Mat 13:22 word 27

OET-LV: 22 And the one having _been _sown among the thorns, this is the one hearing the message, and the worry of_ the _age and the seduction of_ the _riches is _choking the message, and it _is _becoming unfruitful. (MAT_13:22)

OET-RV: 22 The seed that landed among the thorns is the person who hears the message, but the world’s worries and wealth’s seductiveness choke out the message and it becomes unfruitful. (MAT 13:22)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘sumpnigō’ have 5 different glosses: ‘are choking’, ‘are_being choked’, ‘is choking’, ‘were pressing_against’, ‘choked’.

Greek words (1) other than συμπνίγει (V-IPA3··S) with a gloss related to ‘choking’

MARK 4:19 συμπνίγουσιν (sumpnigousin) V-IPA3··P ‘other things desires entering_in are choking the message and’ SR GNT Mark 4:19 word 27

OET-LV: 19 and the worries of _the age, and the seduction of _the riches, and the desires for the other things entering _in, are _choking the message and it _is _becoming unfruitful. (MRK_4:19)

OET-RV: 19 but contemporary topics, or the lure of money, or the appetite for other things, choke their good intentions and the message becomes unfruitful in them. (MRK 4:19)

Key: V=verb